Roger [Corman] didn't actually hire me, though. I was hired by AIP [American International Pictures], the studio that made the picture, which… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
As ridiculous as it is for anybody who knows how movies are made, there were people who actually wrote in reviews that… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I wrote a couple of scripts on spec that didn't get made but got some attention, and I then got offers to… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Initially, it connected with me when I was a kid, seeing a lot of movies while growing up in Los Angeles. And… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
The bigger problem still is that it determines in many ways what movies get made in the first place. Because as sources… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Samuel Fuller pictures were both written and shot in such an unusual way that his voice came through loud and clear, and… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
It was just a wonderful experience, one for the memory book for sure. The sad thing about it was that the picture… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
In terms of talking with my collaborators as they came onboard - Jeannine Oppewall, our production designer, Dante Spinotti, our cinematographer, and… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I very much had wanted to do a picture with more humor than what I had been allowed to do earlier, which is what… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I love suspense movies, because in a sense they're the most dreamlike of any genre, and I'm sure I'll make another one. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I had a checkered early career, for sure, with a lot of very unhappy experiences where pictures got taken away, re-cut, re-titled... all the… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
My very first professional writing credit was on a movie called The Dunwich Horror, and Roger Corman was the executive producer. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
There was a long period of time when Sam Fuller had a lot of projects fall through and had a lot of difficulties getting… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
What I try to do is give each actor an environment in which they can do their best work. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I can't speak to how Michael [Douglas] approached it in terms of his process. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Put simply, there are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I had the great fortune to actually become friends with Sam [Fuller] and ultimately collaborate with him on White Dog, which we wrote together. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
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